Eric Lee Washam, 52, a retired Navy Captain
who had done government work as an official of Techmatics Inc. in Fairfax
since 1990, died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma July 30, 1998 at his home in
Falls Church, Virginia.

Captain Washam, a native of Hickory, North
Carolina, was a 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and
received a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate
School in Monterey, California, in 1969.

He served in Vietnamese waters during the war
in Vietnam and spent two years with Britain's Royal Navy as an exchange
officer before joining the team that developed, built and deployed the
revolutionary Aegis shipboard missile defense system.

Captain Washam spent the last 15 years of his
Navy career, before retiring from active duty in 1990, with the Aegis program.
In the mid-1980s, he commanded the Norton Sound, the ship in the Pacific
fleet that tested Aegis. His last assignment was as commanding officer
of the Aegis Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, Virginia.

At Techmatics, he was involved in ballistic
missile defense systems and strategic planning projects. The company's
1997 employee of the year, he was strategic planning director of its defense
section at the time of his death.

Captain Washam's Navy decorations included
three Meritorious Service medals.

Survivors include his wife of 24 years, Heather,
and a daughter, Megan Lee Washam, both of Falls Church; his parents, Troy
Lee and Martha Washam of Hickory, North Carolina; a brother, Gary, of Orlando;
and two sisters, Deborah Fullbright of Charlotte and Sue Graves of Danville,
Virginia.

WASHAM, ERIC LEE, CAPT, USN (Ret.)

On Thursday, July 30, 1998, at his home, beloved
and adored husband of Heather Washam; and infinitely wise and loving father
of Megan Lee Washam; son of Troy Lee and Martha Washam of Hickory, North
Carolina. A service to celebrate and honor his life will be held at 3 p.m.
on Friday, August 7, at Fort Myer Post Chapel, Fort Myer, Virginia. In
lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American
Cancer Society.